CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0934
NACHOS-2
NACHOS-2 (NORAD 52945) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 27 June 2024, after 1 year, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
52945
International designator
2022-074B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
2 Jul 2022Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
27 Jun 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
1 year, 11 months726 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
45.0°N to 45.0°SFinal inclination 45.0°
Mass
6 kg
Operator
LANL
Built by
LANL
Bus
Cubesat 3U
Programme
LANL Sci
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 45.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 45.0°N and 45.0°S.
Life in orbit
1 year, 11 monthsNACHOS-2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 27 Jun 2024
4 entriesFrom the same launch
2022-074
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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